Barge.



A. G. LARR BARGE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10 1111 0.

v1,005,236. Patented 0@1;.10,1911.

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AUSTIN (JUNE LARK-JOE LI I'IYIJIJE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

Barton.

Specification of Ifietterelatent.

Patented ea. 10, 1911..

Application filed June 10, 1910. Serial No. 566,277.

beats, the object being to provide a novel manner oi. connecting themeeting ends oi the iarges. whereby :1 coupling formed which will allowthe barges to move Vt31'l'1- call and horizontally in respect to each"i. still.

J1, lit irovido Another ohjecn at my invention is to pro vide each he ofthe train with a. rounded prow and a. curved concave stern, in which f).nrow ot the arl iacent boat adapted to 7 :ie as to form a joint whichwill allow the b at: to move in any direction in re-- ts in view, (hieinvention in the novel features of construchereinai"ter tally describedand point.- eal out in the cl n l in the drmviuge' "niing a. part ofthis spccitimtion l ignre l, is a top plan view ot' pair ot' bargesconstructed in accordance with in hivention. Fig. 2. is a longitudinal.section. F 3, in an end. elevation t ll a pron. and l. at is anelevation of the stern.

In, car "'ng out my ii'nprove einoloy two or more b prov of each barge bg rounded so as to Form a main. surface t), and the stern of each be.cut our on the are oi a. circle, having a concave ta o l) which adaptedto act w .h H we prow oi the Li gat. barge, so n Fnhslantiallv ball tionin respect to each othciz The stern of each. barge carries a, POE-fill,

having rearwardly extend mg coupling memher l connected thereto providedwith an aperturcd end, which is adapted to extend under a memberG,'a1ranged on the prow which is also provided with an aperture adaptedto register with the aperture of the coupling member F, and throughwhich is adapted to extend a pivot pin H, for connectingthe bargestogether. The prow of the barge is cut away, as shown at I, so

as to allow the coupling member F, to swing freely when the barges aretraveling over rough water, and ilywill be seen that by thisconstruction ot coupling, each barge moves independently.

For holding the barges in alinement with one another l provide the poetE, with a pulley J, over which passes a cable K, carried by posts L,extending backwardlyfrom the pr'ow to each side of the cutout portion.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that. I have provided avtrain of barges, the plow and sterns of which are so constructed thatwhen a series of these barges are connected together, a substantial.ball and socket joint will be formed between the respective barges whichare held out of contact with each other by the coupling member, so that;all danger of the barges poundine' against one another in rough water isprevented.

l'cla1m-- 1. r1 barge having a rounded prow provided with a horizontaland vertical convex face. and a stern with a horizontal and verticalconcave cut out portion adapted to receive the prow of the adjacentboat.

The combination. with a pair of barges having rounded prows providedwith horizontally and vei'ticnllv convex faces, and out out- Sterne withhorizontally and vertically concave faces adapted to be nested.together. and a. cou 'iling member for bolding said barges slightlyspaced apart.

A barge pro 'ded wit 1 a rounded prow having horizontally and verticallyconvex. ta-:3 lion, said l'iarge having a substantial semicircularstern, provided with av horizontally and verticall. v concaved taco, anda coupling member carried by said stern for connecting the prowoi theacent, boat thereto.

4-. 'Fhe combination with two or more barges} each having a reunded prowands) carried by the prow of the barges passing semi-qn'cular cut; outstern-adapted to be over said pulleys.

nested to ether so as to form substantiall I T ball and socket joints,'of parts carried b; AUSTIB CONE LARR' the stems of said barges providedwith cou- Witnesses:

pling members and pulleys, means for con- W. R. KEMP,

nectmg said coupling members said cables IRA H. LARK.

